Is it time for Pakistan to revisit blasphemy laws?

The fate of Christian woman Asia Bibi in Pakistan hangs in the balance after she was acquitted last week of blasphemy charges that put her on death row for eight years.

Asia was convicted in 2010 of insulting the Prophet Muhammad during a heated row with neighbours over a bowl of water.

But the Supreme Court ruled the prosecution had failed to prove their case in the original trial and she should be freed.

Except she hasn't been able to leave the protection of the state yet because of violent protests by hardline religious groups, calling for her to be hanged.

Asia's husband, Ashan Massi, has requested for the family to be urgently granted aslyum in either Britain or the US and has criticised the government deal with hard line Islamists that left her in legal limbo.

The deal struck with new prime minister Imran Khan could see Asia Bibi placed on an "exit control list" that would bar her from leaving the country, as the government opens a review of the verdict in the courts.

But the Pakistani government denies that deal now puts her in acute danger.

Meanwhile, Asia Bibi's case has ignited debate in Pakistan about whether it's time to revist the country's blasphemy laws.